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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
Betrayers of friendship. That is, unsteady, inconstant. Filled with arrogance. Otherwise it cannot be but so: for where there is love of worldly pleasures, there is no place for the desire of divine things.
Ignatius of Antioch
...the victory over death was obtained in Christ, whom the children of perdition, the enemies of the Saviour, deny, "whose god is their belly, who mind earthly things," who are "lovers of pleasure, and not lovers of God, having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof." These make merchandise of Christ, corrupting His word, and giving up Jesus to sale: they are corrupters of women, and covetous of other men's possessions, swallowing up wealth insatiably; from whom may ye be delivered by the mercy of God through our Lord …
Oecumenius
Traitors. One who betrays friendship and companionship. reckless. That is, rash and having nothing stable. snobbish. That is, full of arrogance. lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. Exchanging the love of the divine for something shameful. Indeed, the very form of holiness exposes both hypocrites themselves and deceivers.
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Then he lists the vices which flow from the degeneration of the rational appetite. This appetite is made perfect by prudence, to which one vice is opposed by way of abuse, and another by way of privation. And he lists both. In regard to the first he says, traitors; for prudence depends on sagacity which some abuse unto evil, and these are called traitors: he who walks deceitfully reveals secrets (Prov 11:13). …
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